Movies
The film “The Last Temptation of Christ”--based on a 1954 novel by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis--is being banned from the Greek capital of Athens, where Kazantzakis lived for more than 20 years.
Nov. 16, 1988
World & Nation
Eleni Kazantzaki, a journalist and author who was the widow of Greece’s influential writer Nikos Kazantzakis, has died.
Feb. 21, 2004
Books
The article on “The Last Temptation of Christ” (“Evangelicals Intensify Struggle to Stop Film,” July 11) was misleading in suggesting that the film and the book were beyond the pale of Christian orthodoxy.
July 16, 1988
Director Martin Scorsese will start filming his long-delayed film version of Nikos Kazantzakis’ “The Last Temptation of Christ” next month in Morocco, Daily Variety reported Monday.
Sept. 29, 1987
The ancient Greeks not only laid the foundations for Western literature but also raised most of its forms to their greatest heights.
May 22, 1988
You have in the past printed some ridiculous articles but I can’t remember one as incredulous as this non-thinking nonsense by someone called Maurice Ogden.
Aug. 23, 1988
The Mastermedia ministers’ hostility to the theme of Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel is a clear indication that they have absolutely no idea of the true meaning of Jesus’ life on Earth.
July 23, 1988
Entertainment & Arts
Anthony Quinn does not deliver half-hearted performances.
May 27, 1986
Lost in the uproar over the showing of “The Last Temptation of Christ” is the fact that film maker Martin Scorsese, novelist Nikos Kazantzakis and their critics all have adhered to the basic dogma of Christian orthodoxy: that Jesus of Nazareth was in some unique way not shared by ordinary humans, both mortal and a god.
Aug. 11, 1988
Afterword
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Aug. 22, 2010